Thursday, February 24, 2005

Gamer Tag Explained - Killer Nikita

In all honesty, my story is not as interesting as Whacky's. In fact, I was forced into getting both the Xbox and Xbox Live.

My wife asked if I wanted an Xbox and I said no. She pushed and pushed and then finally just went out and bought it for me, calling it my Father's Day and Birthday presents, combined. That was her first mistake. Months later, my nephew, BlazeYaDead, was over and he told me I had to get Xbox Live. Of course, I refused. He talked my wife into going out a getting it for me. That was her second mistake. Now she complains I play it too much.

It was a stormy night. The kind of night where a fireplace and a bottle of scotch are a perfect match. My family and I gathered around the xbox to create our gamertag. We argued over different names. I traditionally used Lord Gnoze and Snuffler for my gamer tags, but they said did not like that and because you can only have one, it has to be one the family likes. We tried different names and we could not reach any kind of agreement. Suddenly, my dog Nikita attempted to consume my foot, sock and all. As the blood began to soak through, we all spoke at once, KILLER NIKITA (actually, someone yelled out Nikita and we just added the Killer when we found Nikita was taken already, but Nikita attacking makes a better story, so that is the one I am going to stick with). We are one of the few gamer tags out there that still has a space in the name.

Nikita, while now associated with Le Femme Nikita, is not a girls name. It was also used in the movie Little Nikita staring River Phoenix as Nikita. Remember Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier?

NIKITA: Russian form of Nicholas and means victory of the people, or unconquered people.

About the dog, Nikita is a scrappy, black, 3.5 pound toy poodle. Yes, my gamer tag is named after my poodle. Sadder still, I play like a toy poodle.

About Whacky and his golf. I have never played with him on a real course, but I do kick his butt in Links. I only get to play once or twice a year so I am truly a hacker. But, I must be getting better, I have not hit another golfer with my ball in almost two years. I have heard stories about Whacky's game though, and he will say he is better today (last week he wanted a sponsor so he could go pro). I have been told he is a wild golfer. He may hit long... it is just the direction the ball goes that needs work. I could say more, but, again, I have not played golf with him and I am only passing on this rumor just to bug him.

1 Comments:

Blogger Rich S. said...

I have Half-Life2. Half-Life rocked... Half-Life 2 with steam... leaves me cold.

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